John Cornyn: “No one else in the senate the other 99 of us can schedule…”

“But there's one important difference. Only the majority leader, the Democratic majority leader sets the Senate schedule. That means we consider bills that only he calls up for consideration. No one else in the senate the other 99 of us can schedule bills for votes. Well, that also means that what he does not schedule on the Senate's calendar is not considered, including bills that have passed the House even by broad bipartisan majorities.” (01:39–01:47)

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